Third-party Ecolabels and Certifications

UPM offers a wide range of certified products. UPM believes that third-party environmental certifications and labels are a way of proving and communicating the environmental quality of products, supporting customers in their choices and providing information for stakeholders.

The EU Ecolabel, as well as FSC® and PEFC forest certifications, are the most important labels used by UPM. UPM's goal is to achieve 25% growth in ecolabelled products by 2020 compared to the level in 2008.

EU Ecolabel  - official indication of responsibility


 
UPM is the industry leader of EU Ecolabelled products. We offer approximately 200 EU Ecolabelled copying and graphic paper products from 15 paper mills in Austria, Finland, France, Germany and the UK. 

 

The EU Ecolabel is the European Union's official indication of the most environmentally responsible products. It is the only recognised environmental label that covers almost all of the important aspects of an environmentally responsible paper. The production processes have to meet strict criteria in relation to:

• use of natural resources
• chemicals
• energy consumption
• emissions to air and water
• waste management

It also requires that the paper only contains recycled fibre and/or fibre from sustainably managed forests. At least 50% of fibre has to be from certified forests (PEFC, FSC).

Forest certification verifies the origin of wood

 

 Both FSC® and PEFC certified products are available at  
 UPM. Over 70% of all wood raw material sourced by UPM  
 is from certified sources and our target is to increase this 
 share to 80% by 2020.


Forest certification labels verify the origin of wood. They guarantee that all wood used in products is:

• legally harvested
• not from controversial sources
• from sustainably managed forests, where the majority are certified